Examining the factors that influence early adopters' smartphone adoption: The case of college students

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 308-318

  Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; College student; Diffusion; Discrete choice model; Early adopter; New technology; Peer influence; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; COLLEGE STUDENTS; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; EARLY ADOPTER; PEER INFLUENCE;

DIFFUSION; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84889087568     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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